MINDI SENG
VH COMMODORE
“I BOUGHT my VH in December 2015 from a deceased estate. It was
a one-owner car, painted beige, with a stock-standard 202 up front.
The car sat in our shed for three months before my husband Jason
and I decided to get it ready for Beachfest in June 2016. We got stuck
in every night, and stripped it bare to find an immaculate body. First
job was paint; as Jason is a spray painter, I was now his apprentice,
and after four weeks the car was silver! I got the Weld Super Lites as
a Valentine’s Day present, so they went on as well. I wanted a nice-
sounding cruiser, so out came the 202 and we put in a 308 with some
Aeroflow dress-up bits, a small hydraulic camshaft and 600cfm vac
Holley. My husband and his brother converted the Trimatic gearbox from
six-cylinder to V8. The immaculate interior was too nice to pull out, so
I left it standard. We finished it all in 16 weeks, and I love it. We attend
local car meets and cruise it most weekends. I couldn’t have done it
without my awesome husband and all our car mates that helped out in
the build.” Photos: Steve Kelly